Patents by Inventor Kasumi Seo

Kasumi Seo has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Air bag device for side collision of automobile
    Patent number: 6561539
    Abstract: In an airbag 3, a rear end 6a of a partitioning wall cloth 6 is positioned in the vicinity of the shoulder S of a vehicle occupant M, and the partitioning wall cloth 6 extends forward at a more downward angle &thgr;1 than a perpendicular direction Y to the longitudinal direction of an inflator 4. As the partitioning wall cloth 6 is formed downwardly, the volume of a chest protecting portion A is small, so that a speed of the chest protecting portion A spread forward by gas G is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukisada Sunabashiri, Hiroshi Sasaki, Kasumi Seo
  • Air bag device for side collision of automobile
    Patent number: 6341797
    Abstract: A housing (3) has a cylindrical side face portion (8) formed with an extrusion-molded product. Inside the housing (3) an air bag (1) and an inflator (4) are accommodated. The housing (3) is fixed to a portion of a seat back frame (20) of a seat positioned at a vehicle transverse outer side portion. A splitting-opening portion (12) structured with both end portions (13, 14) of the housing (3) engageable with each other is provided at a side face portion (8) of the housing (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2002
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kasumi Seo
  • AIR BAG DEVICE
    Publication number: 20010042974
    Abstract: There are provided an inflator 31; a cylindrical holder 32 where the inflator 31 is accommodated inside; and a bag-shaped airbag 35 accommodating the holder at its opening portion 34 and folded in an ordinary situation to be expandable by a gas G discharged from the inflator 31, wherein a protecting cloth 50 distinct from the airbag 35 is arranged on an inner face of the opening portion 34 of the airbag 35.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 1999
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventors: HIROSHI SASAKI, KASUMI SEO
  • Air bag device
    Patent number: 6302431
    Abstract: There are provided an inflator 31; a cylindrical holder 32 where the inflator 31 is accommodated inside; and a bag-shaped airbag 35 accommodating the holder at it's opening portion 34 and folded in an ordinary situation to be expandable by a gas G discharged from the inflator 31, wherein a protecting cloth 50 distinct from the airbag 35 is arranged on an inner face of the opening portion 34 of the airbag 35.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sasaki, Kasumi Seo
  • Structure and method for folding air bag
    Patent number: 6231070
    Abstract: A head protecting portion (B) is rolled a plurality of times with a protection surface (Sb) thereof inside, and the head protecting portion (B) is pushed inside a chest protecting portion (A), when also a part (C) of the chest protecting portion (A) connected to the head protecting portion (B) is pushed inside the chest protecting portion (A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukisaka Sunabashiri, Hiroshi Sasaki, Kasumi Seo